How to Use accuse in a Sentence

accuse

verb
Definition of accusenext
Synonyms for accusenext
  • Court records accuse him of killing at least three women there.
    — Dallas News, 14 Oct. 2022
  • What are the crimes Hunter Biden was accused of committing?
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
  • In the film, Sandra is accused of pushing her husband to his death.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
  • After all, we might be accused of the dreaded sin of laziness!
    — Susan Spencer, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2024
  • Sometimes the Jews are accused of not having any power.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2024
  • Now, don’t accuse me of hanging a banner here before it is won.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • That suit accused the city of not only knowing about but helping to create the failures that caused the flooding.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2024
  • The man accused of running over Lozano Bracho is named Hamzeh Alwawi.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Arrest warrants accuse the women of hitting, pushing, grabbing and yelling at the child over the course of two hours.
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 24 Aug. 2022
  • But the people in his car were accused of trying to assassinate Maduro with a drone.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Tepco, which has in the past been accused of a lack of transparency, has vowed to put safety first and stop the discharges if problems arise.
    — Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Reacting to the possible dismissal of the charge, Christie accused the president and Democrats of hypocrisy.
    — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
  • In both races, the challengers have accused the incumbents of misleading the voters.
    — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2024
  • Set the Reichstag on fire, then accuse the Communists of doing it.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Now, over two years later — and eight months after he was released from prison — the same man has been accused of raping a woman.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 9 May 2024
  • Trump, Trump Media and Digital World have not been accused of wrongdoing in the case.
    — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This isn’t to accuse Gayot of getting into the business of knockoffs.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Feb. 2023
  • At the time of the shooting, Thompson had been charged with assault of a family member, who accused him of choking her in March.
    — Chron, 15 May 2023
  • Russian officials said the EU will soon accuse the Kremlin of weaponizing oil.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of attacking the plant, which the Kremlin’s forces have held since early March.
    — Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2022
  • In the proceeding months, they were accused in a legal complaint of grooming a minor.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 31 May 2023
  • The charges also accuse Gardner of grand theft during the same period.
    — Staff Reports, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2022
  • But on social media this week, Trump’s supporters were quick to go on the defensive and accuse the media of bias.
    — James Rainey and Brittny Mejia, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • But don’t accuse Riley of coaching an all-finesse team.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The two women served as 2020 election workers in Georgia, and Giuliani falsely accused them for months of fraud.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The Georgia case represents the fourth court case against Trump, who is being accused of trying to steal the state's 16 Electoral College votes.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2023
  • No one has accused Gay or Oxman of stealing data or high-level ideas.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • But Fain’s comments Friday took the claims a step further, accusing Tavares of price gouging consumers in the name of profits.
    — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
  • In court papers related to their dispute over the winery, Jolie accused Pitt of assaulting her and their children on a flight in 2016.
    — Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The new lawsuit filed by Baldoni accuses the New York Times of cherry-picking texts, stripping them of context and deliberately splicing them to mislead readers.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025

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